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Senior Quantity Surveyor \n\nLocation: Central Regional Office, Hampton, Peterborough\n\nReports to: Commercial Manager\n\nHours:  Full time, Permanent\n\nAbout the Role:\n\nAt Allison Homes, we pride ourselves on being an award-winning private housebuilder dedicated to creating beautiful homes and communities across the Central and East of England, the East Midlands and the South West of England.\n\nOur mission is to provide affordable yet aspirational homes to our communities, ensuring that new homes are accessible and attainable for all with a quality product suitable for everyone.\n\nWe are proud of our people, and collaboration and teamwork are key to everything we do. Our Values are at our heart and centre around Trust, Teamwork, Kindness, Passion and Performance.\n\nWe are looking for enthusiastic individuals to help us achieve our ambitious growth plans and goals, to be part of our journey and to grow their career along with our success.\n\nIn line with our ambitious growth strategy, we are seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to strengthen our Commercial Team in our Central region. This key position will oversee cost management, procurement strategy, and overall commercial performance across our developments.

You will also provide leadership and mentoring to junior colleagues while supporting strategic planning and commercial reporting initiatives across the business.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nLead on cost planning, budgeting, and commercial management for a flagship development, ensuring profitability, value for money, and quality standards.\nProvide strategic commercial support to the Commercial Manager, contributing to the region’s financial performance and long-term planning.\nTake ownership of subcontract procurement, including preparing tender documentation, conducting analysis, negotiating terms, and finalising appointments.\nMentor and support Quantity Surveyors and Assistant Quantity Surveyors in their professional development, offering guidance and reviews.\nProvide commercial input during land acquisition, design development, and value engineering exercises to ensure schemes are commercially viable.\nMaintain budget control throughout project lifecycles, managing cost variations, forecasting, and reporting against key financial KPIs.\nAttend and lead regular site and commercial review meetings, supporting effective collaboration between commercial, technical, and construction teams.\nAttend progress meetings with third parties/clients, ensuring terms of the contract as well as financial targets are met.\nAnalyse and evaluate subcontractor performance, participating in supplier reviews and contributing to the development of supplier relationships.\nEnsure full compliance with internal procedures, external regulations, NHBC/LABC requirements, and industry best practices.\nChampion continual improvement and innovation in procurement, cost management, and commercial reporting processes.\nSupport in resolving disputes, final accounts, and contract administration in line with legal and business requirements.\nContribute to and present monthly and quarterly commercial reports and forecasts to senior management.\nQualifications and Experience\n\nProven experience working as a Senior Quantity Surveyor or an experienced Quantity Surveyor ready to step up, ideally within the housebuilding or residential development sector.\nDeep understanding of quantity surveying, cost control, subcontract management, and commercial reporting.\nProven experience in cost planning, procurement, and contract administration.\nExperience managing multiple developments concurrently and working with cross-functional project teams.\nEstablish, develop, and maintain strong working relationships with subcontractors, Registered Providers (RPs), and consultants across the Central region to ensure effective collaboration and successful project delivery. Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to guide and develop junior colleagues.\nExcellent negotiation, analytical, and communication skills.\nCommercially astute with strong attention to detail and problem-solving capabilities.\nProficient in relevant IT systems (ideally COINS or similar commercial management software), MS Excel, and reporting tools.\nProfessional qualification in Quantity Surveying or a related field (HNC, HND, BSc) .\nMember of or working towards RICS or equivalent professional body desirable.\nFull UK driving licence.\nA commitment to and ability to role model Allison Homes’ values – Trust, Teamwork, Kindness, Passion and Performance.\nThis list is not exhaustive.\n\nThe benefit package for this role includes:\n\nCompetitive salary.\nDiscretionary Bonus Scheme.\nCar allowance (with option to join the company salary sacrifice car scheme).\n25 days holiday (extending to 27 days holiday after two years of continuous service).\nPension Scheme.\nGroup Life Assurance.\nGroup Income Protection Scheme.\nSmart Health Employee Assistance Programme.\nOpt in - Simply Health Cash Plan.\nAllison Homes House purchase discount scheme.\nTo Apply\n\nIf you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Allison Homes, please do not hesitate to apply

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